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In 1995, Paul Strachan invited an unlikely assortment of eccentrics and adventurers to join him in an untried new boat that would venture up the Irrawaddy River, the first time foreign tourists had ventured up the mighty Burmese thoroughfare since the Second World War.
Against all odds, the trip was a huge success, word quickly spread and before Strachan knew it he was running a business in one of the world’s least business-friendly environments. He named it the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company in honour of the Glasgow-based company that ran Burma’s river transport when the country was an outpost of the British Raj. The company now trades under the name Pandaw, after the Clyde-built paddle steamer it restored in Burma.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the revival of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company and the 150th anniversary of the founding of the original Irrawaddy Flotilla, Paul Strachan has written The Pandaw Story.
This lively, humorous and anecdotal account gives some insights into the trials and tribulations of doing business in Burma and in
Southeast Asia more generally, introducing many outrageous and some sinister characters from East and West. All proceeds will be given to the Pandaw charity that supports eight clinics and a school in Burma and last year treated more than 40,000 patients.
For your chance to win one of five copies of The Pandaw Story, simply email
sarah@cruisepassenger.com.au and tell us in 25 words or less whether European or Asian rivers appeal to you most and why. Be sure to include your name, address and phone number! Entries close August 6, 2015.
To purchase a copy, click here.
